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Indian red

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the colour of Indian red pigment.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods like calcinating green copperas. countable, uncountable

    "Bradly paid no attention to either intrusion on his meditations, which at that moment were deeply concerned with adding Payne's grey to a combination of cobalt and Indian red for keying down his palette in the treatment of light reflected on water."

  2. 2
    a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of a variety of red or purple pigments containing ferric oxide, found in natural earth or made by chemical methods like calcinating green copperas.; Specifically, iron saffron. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a red soil containing ferric oxide; often used as a pigment wordnet
  5. 5
    The colour of Indian red pigment: a variety of dark, purplish reds. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a red pigment composed in part from ferric oxide which is often used in paints and cosmetics wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.

Etymology 2

1672 pigment, c. 1810–27 colour and adjective. Indian + red, the pigment originally being an earth obtained from the East Indies.

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